VESPERTILIO, VIVERRA. 277 
noveeboracensis, (american bat,) tail long; nose 
short, acute; ears short, round ; bright tawny 
above, paler beneath ; a white spot at the base 
efeach wing. Length same as the last. 
Remark. Both of these species are torpid dur- 
ing the winter and hang up by their hind claws 
in caverns, &c. "They are found in the five cav- 
erns of the ielderbergh in Albany county every 
day in summer as well as winter, hanging in 
bunches like bees before swarming. ‘They fly 
out during the night in the sammer season. 
See MS. P. 
14—2. Visnio. Spec. 20. 
enser, (goose animalcula,) oval with a long neck, 
and a tubercle on the back. In stagnant water 
where Lemna grows, 
See MS. P. 
1—3. Viverra. Spec. 52. 
Remarks. Shaw, whom I have followed, con- 
siders the distinction between the Viverra and 
Mustela as not founded in nature. He has there- 
fore included all the species of Mustela under the 
Viverra ; excepting those of the Mustela, whose 
hind feet are palmate. These, including the of- 
ters, minks, &c. constitute the genus Lurra. 
vulpecula, (southern weesel,) entirely chesnut ; 
snout elongated. Odour filthy. 
putorius, (striped weesel,) blackish, with five dor- 
sal parallel whitish lines. Sleeps by day and 
prouls by night. ‘Fail white at the tip. Odour 
intolerable wiien irritated. 
memphitis, (skunk,) back white, with a longitudi- 
nal black line from the middle to the tail. 46 
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